Association of State Floodplain Managers, Inc. (ASFPM)

FEMA is revising the NFIP's regulations to offer NFIP policyholders the option of paying their annual flood insurance premium in monthly installments.

By analyzing historical and current data, NOAA improves insights into flood frequency and severity. This information guides communities in making strategic infrastructure investments, such as enhancing drainage systems and constructing levees and floodwalls.

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“These small communities way up in the hollows, they have significant flood risk. [But] we’ve not mapped it, and that’s, I think, on us as a country,” says Chad Berginnis, CFM In this interview, Berginnis explains how the NFIP works, why some communities may not participate, and the consequences of doing so.

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While the U.S. government spends billions on disaster relief, experts say more should be done to prepare for the next big storm. https://lnkd.in/gpEm-QVx

The federal government issued two disaster declarations for floods in 2000. So far this year, it has issued 66.

According to a Pew analysis of NOAA data, in the two decades since 2000, at least one flood has occurred somewhere in the U.S. on eight out of every 10 days, on average. And these events aren’t limited to coastal areas. In fact, riverine and flash flooding, particularly in inland and mountainous states, do more damage each year than hurricanes and other coastal storms.

Congress has poured billions of dollars into programs to buy out homeowners and help them relocate to safer areas after natural disasters. But they’re not expected to win over many residents in flood-ravaged rural North Carolina. Their long family ties to the area, skepticism about the federal government and a dearth of affordable housing in nearby communities all point to people trying to rebuild in the same place — potentially leaving thousands of residents vulnerable to the next storm. In addition, many of these small town governments lack the “technical knowhow” to navigate the complex grants, said Joel Scata, a senior attorney with the environmental group Natural Resources Defense Council.